Stoke Golding, but not by canal..

Moored Nr Br 19, Hinckley, Ashby Canal

Post was arranged to be sent to Stoke Golding, some 2 and half miles further north.  I had to collect it today, I had planned to be at Stoke Golding to do so, but the ice covering the canal this week kept us just short.  The weather was not good this morning, and the towpath is totally trashed due to contractors going up and down with mini tractors cutting the hedges, so set off on the bus from Hinckley.

I have never been to Stoke Golding village before, least if I had I didn’t remember it.  Annie came with me today, and after collecting the post, we then had a 50 minute wait for the next bus back to Hinckley.  Ooo it was cold too in the wind.. but there was a pub there with a welcoming sign in the window “Bar open all day, everyday”..

OK two ladies going in to a pub might have surprised the locals, but they didn’t know the reason why we wanted not a pint of beer each, but a cup of coffee and some shelter from the wind while we waited!  Tried the door… Locked!!.. Ah well… I thought the new licensing laws had arrived at the little village of Stoke Golding for a minute, but not so!!

Being retired does not get me out of doing paperwork unfortunately.. and the rest of the afternoon and evening has been spent doing just that.. anyway, at last, my filing system looks a tad more like a filing system now rather than just a huge pile of papers!

It’s stormy out there tonight, Lucy is unsettled.. at least the ice has gone though..